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Brad Feld to kick off Nebraska entrepreneurship event April 12
The Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship returns to the Omaha metro April 12 with a new name, brand and speaker lineup. The conference is now called Intersect and in addition to its local slate of speakers, the organizers are also bringing in three presenters from outside of the region. Venture capitalist, author and TechStars co-founder Brad…
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Summit panels focus on startups and ‘studentpreneurs’ (Video)
At this year’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, one of the three breakout tracks focused on startups, involving five entrepreneurs from a variety of industries. Videos from the track are now available (below) and feature SPN’s own Danny Schreiber and Michael Stacy as moderators. …
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Kiene gives 33 reasons ‘you might be a Nebraska entrepreneur’ (Video)
Continuing our coverage of this year’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, the full video of Steve Kiene’s closing keynote at the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship is now available (above). Kiene, the managing principal of the Lincoln-based software investment fund Nebraska Global, focused his 24-minute presentation on defining an entrepreneur, giving credit to farmers – who he…
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Renaud kicks off Summit with focus on Silicon Prairie ecosystem (Video)
As a follow up to our recap post in February, the full video (above) of Christian Renaud’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship opening keynote is now available. Renaud, a co-founder of the technology startup incubator StartupCity Des Moines, focused his presentation on the idea of the Silicon Prairie ecosystem and the advantages of being pragmatic Midwestern…
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Kiene closes Summit with ‘You might be a Nebraska entrepreneur if…’
“You might be a Nebraska entrepreneur if you believe in quality before quantity,” Steve Kiene (left) told the crowd during his closing keynote at last Friday’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. In a style reminiscent of Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck if…” routine, Kiene, the managing principal of the Lincoln-based software investment fund …
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A photo and video roundup of the Nebraska Summit and SPN Meetup
More than 70 people joined Silicon Prairie News and Jelecos for our meetup on Feb. 24 immediately following the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. A record number of close to 600 entrepreneurial-minded folks joined Nebraska Entrepreneur for the day-long conference that featured keynote speeches from Christian Renaud, Mary Ann O’Brien and …
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‘Go build it,’ Renaud tells Summit crowd in ecosystem-focused address
Christian Renaud, co-founder of the technology startup incubator StartupCity Des Moines, kicked off the Nebraska Entrepreneurship Summit Friday as the morning keynote speaker. Renaud focused on the idea of the Silicon Prairie ecosystem, telling attendees, “You not only own your own future, your own entrepreneurial endeavors, but as part of this ecosystem, part of the…
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O’Brien challenges entrepreneurs to ‘be brave’ in Summit keynote
Long before Mary Ann O’Brien actually was a CEO, she signed her name like one. Today, O’Brien is the CEO of Omaha-based OBI Creative, an ad agency that, per company literature “is hard-wired for innovation.” But O’Brien has harbored big ambitions since she was a little girl growing up in rural Spencer, Iowa. “I’ve been…
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After the Summit, join us for the SPN Meetup with Jelecos, 3-5 p.m.
With the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship taking place today with more than 500 attendees, ideas for growth and goals for the startup community are bound to be in the mix of topics for our Silicon Prairie News Meetup with Jelecos. From 3-5 p.m. today, collaborate on ideas from the Summit and draw up new conversation…
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Capricorn’s Stephen George to speak at Cornstalks on Thursday
Cornstalks returns to its regularly scheduled time this month with a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday featuring Stephen George (left), the co-founder and chief investment officer of Capricorn Investment Group. The evening begins at with a cocktail and appetizer reception and continues with George’s presentation at 7 p.m. This month’s meeting takes place the night…